Ahead of the UN’s COP30 climate talks scheduled to hold in November, the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) has unveiled 20 finalists for the 2025 Local Adaptation Champions Awards. Four winners will be announced in Belem, Brazil, host country of COP30.
Nigeria’s Fairaction Charity Foundation is named among the 20 finalists, who are recognised across four categories (Citizen Science, Health, Nature-based Solutions and Women’s Livelihoods), Fairaction Charity Foundation falls under the Citizen Science category.
The finalists, who represent innovative and scalable locally led initiatives that address the impacts of climate change, include organisations from the following countries: United States of America, Bangladesh, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Nigeria, Peru and Sierra Leone.
The 20 finalists are:
Citizen Science
- EQUINOCT Community Sourced Modelling Solutions – India
- Fairaction Charity Foundation – Nigeria
- Preserving Legacies – USA / Benin
- University of Reading – Madagascar
- Water, Environment, Land and Livelihood (WELL) Labs – India
Health
- Association of people living with HIV/AIDS (APL+) – Laos
- Foundation for Tomorrow (F4T) – Kenya
- Humanitarian Action for Africa – Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Research Unit in Applied Microbiology and Pharmacology of Natural Substances (URMAPha), University of Abomey-Calavi – Benin
- SALCARE – Sierra Leone
Nature-Based Solutions
- Nature environment & wildlife society – India
- Odisha Paryavaran Sanrakshan Abhiyan Trust – India
- Save Mau Forest CBO – Kenya
- Uttaran – Bangladesh
- Water Fund for Lima and Callao – Aquafondo – Peru
Women’s Livelihoods
- AJSA India – India
- S M Sehgal Foundation – India
- Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) – India
- Solar Freeze Inc. – Kenya
- UNDP Bangladesh – Bangladesh
A high-level jury will determine one winner in each award category. Each of the four winners will receive an award of €15,000 and will benefit from sponsorship from the Adaptation Fund, which includes participation in the Fund’s prominent readiness and learning-and-sharing events.